Lausanne, Switzerland, June 3, 2017 - The two teams meet for the ery first time in the history of the FIVB World League Sunday in Seoul, as newly-promoted to Group 2 Slovenia seek to stay undefeated this season and the Czech Republic looking at improving their 1-1 record.
Head-to-Head• Slovenia and Czech Republic will face each other for the first time in the World League.
• They met once before at a major tournament - Czech Republic won 3-1 in the group stages at the 2001 European Championship.
Slovenia• With their victories on Friday and Saturday, Slovenia have improved their World League track record to nine wins in 10 matches.
• Slovenia have yet to play a fifth and decisive set in a World League match.
• Last season, Slovenia won each of their first five matches in the competition, before suffering their only World League defeat so far, a 3-1 against Greece.
Czech Republic• On Saturday, Czech Republic rebounded from a 3-2 defeat against Korea on Friday, by dismissing Finland 3-1.
• Petr Michalek led the way with 14 points, as five Czech players finished with double figures.
• Czech Republic are looking for a victory to complete a winning weekend, the last of which they enjoyed in the World League 23-25 June of last year, when they won all three of their matches.